IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/434
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHOLERA
Date(s): 1849
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.04 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Privy Council
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A cholera outbreak in the United Kingdom in 1848 claimed approximately 52,000 lives. In 1849 the disease returned, killing 14,137 in London, 5,308 in Liverpool, 1,834 in Hull, and an estimated 33,000 nationwide.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Printed Order in Council from the Court at Balmoral, 5 September 1849, stating: "[it is] ordered that the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of Prayer on account of the great mortality caused by the Cholera; and that such Form of Prayer be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales". The sheet had been used to seal up a small package and is inscribed on the dorse: "Relics and mementos of my darlings gone, Sep. 15 1849".
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Record donated in June 1975.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.